ischemia/reperfusion (MI/R) injury, although the detailed mechanisms remain largely
unknown. This experiment was performed to explore the potential involvement of silent
information regulator 1 (SIRT1)-NFE2-related factor 2 (NRF-2)-heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1)
pathway in the cardiac protective actions of punicalagin. Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats were
subjected to MI/R operation with or without punicalagin treatment (40 mg kg− 1 d− 1). We …